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EP 1 017 462 A2
(12)
(88)
Date of publication A3:
26.11.1998
(43)
Date of publication:
12.07.2000
Bulletin 2000/28
(21)
Application number:
98906287.2
(22)
Date of filing:
06.02.1998
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC)
7
:
A63H
1/00
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US9802/549
(87)
International publication number:
WO 9834/699
(
13.08.1998
Gazette 1998/32)
(84)
Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI
(30)
Priority:
11.02.1997
US 797188
(71)
Applicant:
Rokenbok Toy Company
Cardiff, CA 92007 (US)
(72)
Inventor:
DeANGELIS, Peter, C.
Carlsbad, CA 92009 (US)
(74)
Representative:
McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell et al
Boult Wade Tennant,27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)
(54)
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF TOYS